Press Releases for Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

Visit the program companion website >> (San Francisco, CA)—HIP-HOP: Beyond Beats and Rhyme sis a fascinating, personal and heartfelt documentary that goes beyond the bling to explore gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique”…

(San Francisco) BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES: A Hip-Hop Head Weighs in on Manhood in Hip-Hop Culture, is a riveting documentary that examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music through the lens of filmmaker Byron Hurt, a former college quarterback turned activist. Conceived as a “loving critique” from a self-proclaimed “Hip-Hop Head,”…

About five years ago, in 2000, I was watching the rap music video countdown on BET's Rap City—one of my favorite pastimes—when I noticed that nearly every video appeared to be the same. They all featured guys throwing money at the camera, dudes in fancy cars showing off their “iced-out” jewelry and, of course, lots of barely dressed, sexually available women…

God Bless the Child Productions, Inc. A Film by: Byron Hurt Directed and Produced by: Byron Hurt Edited and Co-Produced by: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Executive Produced by: Stanley Nelson GOD BLESS THE CHILD PRODUCTIONS, INC. is a documentary production company that creates socially relevant, cutting-edge documentary films for diverse national and…